Mayra Flores

Republican Mayra Flores defeated Democrat Dan Sanchez Tuesday within the state’s unique election to switch former Rep. Filemon Vela (D-TX).

Dave Wasserman of the nonpartisan Cook Political File known as the race at 10:21 p.m. ET.

I’ve viewed enough: Mayra Flores (R) defeats Dan Sanchez (D) within the #TX34 different election, flipping an 84% Hispanic Rio Grande Valley seat purple.

— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) June 15, 2022

Vela retired in March after nine years representing the state’s 34th congressional district. He went to work for the lobbying firm Akin Gump.

Flores was the primary Mexican-born lady elected to Congress:

The primary Mexican-born lady ever elected to Congress can be a Republican. https://t.co/QieQHHBTpb

— Richard Walters (@rww_gop) June 15, 2022

His vacancy prompt a scramble to fill the seat, which has lengthy been a Democratic Party stronghold.

The Texas Tribune pronounced,

The special election was once distinctive in that it was held under the previous strains of the thirty fourth District, which President Joe Biden gained by way of handiest 4 proportion points. But redistricting made the district extra pleasant to Democrats in November, when the Democratic nominee is U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, D-McAllen.

Republicans have been wanting to flip the seat as part of their new offensive in South Texas after Biden’s underperformance all the way through the predominantly Hispanic region within the 2020 election. Flores and her allies spent over $1 million on TV commercials within the unique election, while national Democrats mostly stayed away, arguing it was once no longer value it to save lots of a seat as a way to be up again in November — and underneath new, extra favorable boundaries.

As Wasserman noted, Flores will face an uphill struggle conserving the seat under the newly-drawn map. Tuesday’s election was once held in the previous lines of Texas’ thirty fourth district.

This special election was once held beneath the outdated #TX34 traces, which are Biden +4. In November, she’ll face Rep. Vicente Gonzalez (D) in the redrawn #TX34, which is Biden +15. @CookPolitical November rating: Lean D.

— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) June 15, 2022

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